A black woman growing up in the South in the early 20th century suffers injustice and hardships, including a brutal marriage to an abusive sharecropper.
After a literary agent lies to a spiritual guru, he finds a magical Bodhi tree in his yard, which holds a lesson on the importance of each word he speaks.
After growing close and learning about one another's hardships, an 11-year-old and her mother resolve to support one another in the pursuit of happiness.
A woman under heavy sedation tries to escape the secluded and futuristic world known as Arboria, but she has difficulty escaping the killer that's after her.
In the '50s, a divorced mother paints and remarries, but when her new husband takes credit for her art and gains immense popularity, it stirs a court battle.